Division III Women

No. 6 Colby Crushes Wesleyan; No. 1 Trinity up Next

from press release

WATERVILLE, Maine --- The sixth-ranked Colby
College women's lacrosse team will head into Sunday's home game
with top-ranked Trinity College unbeaten at 8-0 overall and 5-0 in
the New England Small College Athletic Conference after a 12-3
victory over Wesleyan University on Saturday at Bill Alfond
Field.

Colby is 18-1 over the past three years at Bill Alfond Field and
will get a huge test against No. 1 Trinity (8-0 overall, 5-0
NESCAC) at noon Sunday. The Bantams took a 13-5 win at Bowdoin
College on Saturday. Webcast and live statistics are available for
Sunday's game athttp://livestats.prestosports.com/colby/

Colby All-American attacker Lindsey McKenna (Fairfield, Conn.)
had three goals and one assist, while All-American midfielder Kate
Pistel (Amherst, Mass.) and first-year Dana Swaffield (Dover,
Mass.) both had two goals and one assist. Katharine Eddy (Cheshire,
Conn.) had a big day with one goal, two assists, a game-high five
draw controls, and two ground balls. Sara Miller (Andover, Mass.)
also had two goals for the Mules, while Katie Griffin (Duxbury,
Mass.) dished a game-high three assists. Alex Mintz (Mountain
Lakes, N.J.) and Abby Hooper (Nahant, Mass.) had the Mules' other
goals.

Wesleyan (3-7 overall, 0-6 NESCAC) scored all three of its goals
on free-position shots. Kayla Ellman (Montclair, N.J.), Kaylin
Berger (Farmington, Conn.), and Abby D'Angelo (Weston, Mass.) had
the scores for the Cardinals.

The two teams combined for 22 turnovers in a sloppy opening
half. Wesleyan did a solid job of passing in Colby's end and took
plenty of minutes off the clock. The Cardinals only trailed 3-2
after Berger ripped in her free-position score with 10:37 to
play.

Eddy scored on a free-position shot with 8:13 remaining and
Miller scored off an assist from Abby Hatch (Wilbraham, Mass.) with
just 13 seconds left to halftime to give Colby a 5-2 lead at the
break.

The Mules scored seven unanswered goals in the second half to
pull away. Mintz tallied from McKenna with 26:55 to go for a 6-2
margin, while Pistel added her second goal from in front off a nice
centering pass from Eddy with 24:27 remaining. Miller scored with
17:55 to play from Swaffield, who then scored two straight goals in
a span of 19 seconds (10:20, 10:01 left). McKenna scored her third
of the game from Pistel with 7:30 to play and Hooper scored Colby's
final goal just 28 seconds later from Griffin.

Wesleyan closed out the scoring when Ellman tallied with just
1:39 to play.

Michelle Burt (Woodbridge, Conn.) made four saves for Colby in
51:30 and Claire Dickson (Darien, Conn.) made three stops in the
final 8:30. All-American defender Kirsten Karis (Southborough,
Mass.) and first-year Brittany Chin (Shrewsbury, Mass.) each had
three caused turnovers. Lisa Hoopes (Ipswich, Mass.) added two
caused turnovers and a pair of ground balls. Burt also had one
caused turnover and two ground balls.